Lieutenant Colonel Richard Batchelder was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism as Chief Quartermaster in charge of an important supply train on the route between Catlett and Fairfax Stations, Virginia, from October 13 - 15, 1863. He was ordered to move his trains by a continuous day-and-night march, and to travel without the usual military escort. He armed his teamsters in order to defend the train, and personally commanded them in successfully fighting off attacks by rebel forces that heavily outnumbered his small band of drivers, thus bring his trains through without the loss of a wagon.

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